The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, November 25, 1965, Image 1
The Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 66 — No. 47
Clinton, S. C, Thursday November 25, 1965
Opens Holiday Season
Christmas Parade Next Thursday
Thanksgiving
Service on Thursday
At Beik Auditorium
Awards Made By Community Chest
Special recognition was given at an
awards luncheon last Friday to leaders
who paced the Clinton Community Chest
to its record $29,811.30 total for 1965
Among those presented awards were,
left to right: Seated—Robert Wassung,
Mrs. J. B. Templeton, Mrs. Mary B.
$29,811.30 Poid and Hedged
Sadler, Mrs. Betty K. Walker, Mrs. Bun
ny Coleman, Mrs. Heath Copeland, and
G. Edward Campbell.
Back row—Ben Hay Hammet, Gen.
A. B. Godfrey, George Brockenbrough,
J. B. Templeton, Charles Buice, Ernie
Ouzts, and James Von Hollen.
Clinton Ends Community Chest Drive
District Schools
Stores to Remain
Open Wednesday
Stores will remain open Wee
Clinton has wrapped up its William Hatton, Mrs. Mabry Mc-
greatest Community Chest cam- Crary, Mrs. Jack Anderson, Mrs.
paign to date with $29,811 30 re- Tommy Windsor, Mrs. Buddy JO ClOSC TWO Days
ported for the 1965 effort .nd In» For Thonksgiving
special awards for the leadership f orc | t Miss Rebecca Lamb, Ed
that helped to make it all possi- King and Mrs. Bunny Coleman,
hie.
A final review came last Fri
day at the awards luncheon in
the Mary Musgrove Hotel. Chest
President G. Edward Campbell
presided and presented the
awards. Vice-president James
Von Hollen and Drive Chairman
Robert Wassung also partici
pated in the brief program.
The breakdown of the $29„
811.30 showed this report from
each division: Advanced gifts—
$11,000.90; Industrial—$11,936.52;
Institutions — $2,364.83; Residen
tial — $2,044.20; Commercial —
$1,549; Public Schools — $724.75;
Out-of-Town Firms—$185.
In the presentation of awards,
plaques went to: Campbell and
Wassung; Don Anderson, ad
vanced gifts chairman; Ernie
Ouzts, commercial; Dr. Ronald
Burnside, institutions and
schools; Ben Hay Hammet, pub- ■ L II " i
Uclty; Cn A. 8. Godfrey, tad- J, DOITOll ndirStOD
get; Mrs. Mary B. Sadler and
Blrs. Betty K. Walker, residen- f ain J 9U
tial; Ralph Tedards and Calvin rdSjvJ jUilUGy
J. Dorroh Hairston, 63,
Plans are shaping up for Clin
ton’s annual Christmas Parade
on Thursday, Dec. 2, beginning
at 4:30 p.m.
Leading the parade will be
E. G. Christopherson, Blue Creek
Farm, astride one of his Arabian
Clinton will have an interde- horses, serving as parade mar-
nominational service of Thanks- s * ia * 1 followed by city officials
aivino of ,A « of and other dignitaries. The Pres-
g:vmg Thursday at 10 a. m. at byterian college ROTC color
Belk Auditorium on the Presby- guard and other units will head
terian College campus, with the up the long line of floats, beauty
Clinton-Joanna Ministerial As- queens, bands and units, as the
sociation as sponsor. P arade head ® U P s - Broad st - to
The service will ooen with a the ^ office ’ east on E ’ Flor '
hX' and w'lh me ida St : ,he " so “ th M “-
Rev. Gaynor Phillips, pastor of
Lydia and Rock Bridge Presby
terian Churches. Rev. M. J.
Sanders, pastor of Lydia BaptiSt
Church, who is president of the
association, will lead a respon
sive reading.
A prayer will be offered and
the Scripture read by Rev. R. J.
Bryan, pastor of Lydia Pente
costal Church. After the offering,
Headquarters For
Santa to Be Set Up
At City Parking Lot
Santa Claus
“Zipper-Hut”
will be at his
Friday and
on
special music will be presented Saturday, Dec. 3-4. “Zipper-
by the Presbyterian youth choir JLV 1 ', Sanl ? ! headquarters in
with Mrs. Robert Wysor III as CI ' nton •? b ' ln * 5<,t “P
director city ‘ P arltin R lot next door the
D „ A . Chamber of Commerce building
Rev. E. W. Rogers, pastor of E Caro , ina Ave
Schools of District 56 will be Broad Street Methodist Church, s t will bp thprp « PV eral
closed Thursday and Friday to will deliver the sermon. aftornU each wTek thS
observe the Thanksgiving holi- The program will conclude December 24. Children may
days, according to R. P. Wilder, with a hymn and the benedic- visit with him on December 3,
superintendent. tion by Rev. Mr. Phillips. Friday afternon, 4-6 p.m.; and
The regular schedule of work on December 4, Saturday after-
will be resumed Monday. e • . ^ noon, 3-5:30 p.m. Other dates
apecrai services wlll be ligted later
At All Saints “Zipper - Hut” is being pro-
AH Saint. Episcopal Church
-will have a special Thanksgiving with Wm r^r
ed-.service Wednesday at 8 p. m. nf *7in^ Tnp d WMfffn
nesday afternoon, November 24. ^The public is invited. ° f -, ^ Inc ’
Business firms will be closed Rev. John Rivers, priest-in-
November 25, Thursday, Thanks- charge, will administer Holy Division of the Clinton
giving Day. Stores will remain Communion and preach the ser- ic
open until 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov- mon. . Mrs P * r ? y M 18 “T
ember 26, and each Friday there- mg as chairman of the commit-
after unUl December 25r 4 tee. D. B^ Smith is chairman of
LlOnS Cabinet the Merchants Division.
To Meet Here c i ^ o
Lions International District 5°*®^ Program
t Governor Archie Gaines of Pied- For LlOnS Cltlb
« w ® r mont has selected Clinton for the _ ... . .. . .
Presbyterian College students next quarterly cabinet meeting Tonight at Hotel
because the town 18 centrally ^ The Lions club wU1 have a
_ y * ’ tfcrough cated in the district. program on automobile safety
The meeting will be held late Tuesday (tonight) at 7 at the
College Holidays
Begin Wednesday
Thanksgiving holidays
next Sunday.
Students will resume class-
work on regular schedule next r . — . . f „ 4
. ... ^ . Monday at 8 a.m. Then, they Region C ’ of Distrlct Z2rA
Hairston, 63, of win have a three - week work . _
SntoJ miT U C W And?™ 327 Poplar St., LydU MHl, stretch before 1116 8tart ^ th « KlWOOIS Club To
—Clinton Mills, C. W. Anderson ’ * ’ annual Christmas vacation on . .
this month. Clinton is in Zone 6, Mary Musgrove Hotel. Bob
Strength, safety supervisor of
the Greenwood Plant of Chem-
strand, will speak.
Mr. Strength is chairman of
Hosiery Co., and the Torrington died early Sunday morning at December is" Meet THanksaivinO lhe Textile Section of the Na-
C°- Bailey Memorial Hospital after Th Ki i p. h tional Safety Council. The pro-
Oscars were presented the fol- , . rr The Kiwanis Club will change gram has been arranged by
lowing for their work within the se y eral yea ” ° f illne88 - ^ a On Newspaper Staff from its regular meeting and Claude Crocker. The film, “Be-
divisions; W. C. Baldwin, Hugh > Native of Lauren County, Miss Mary simong gtu _ have a breakafast meeUng fore It’s Too Late,” starring
S. Jacobs, Dr. Louis M. Ste- »°n of the late CharUe L. and dent at Montreat-Anderson Col- Thanksgiving morning at 8:00 Dick Van Dyke will be shown. It
phens, George Brockenbrough, Ud* Hairston, he was a le g e> Montreat, N. C., is • re- •• m - at the Mar y Musgrove gives facts concerning safety in
Charles Buice, Don Creighton, member of the Lydia Baptist porter on the staff of the student Hotel. the car.
Marvin Gault, William Hatton, Church and Campbell Lodge newspaper, The Dialette.
Morris Seymour, Tom Stallworth, No. 44. He was secretary of She is the daughter of Mrs. Af Klowhorrv Pnr Rronro DorKv
John Daniluk, Dr. Marc C. Weer- Lydia Mills at the time of his Locke Simons of Clinton. MT neWDCrry ror pronzg l '*TDy
sing, J. E. Stockman, Dr. M. A. retirement in 1961. His service
Macdonald, Phil Rogers, Mrs. with Lydia extended over a pe-
J. B. Templeton, Mrs. Marvin riod of 47 years.
Gault, Mrs. Cally Gault, Mrs. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Heath Copeland, Mrs Harry Daigy Hairston; a son,
Ayars, Mrs. R. M. Fuller, Mrs. d. Hairston, Jr., of Ly
dia Mill; a daughter, Mrs. T.
Dr. Harbin Nomad ?• ot R * »•
b , .. , three brothers, R. G. Hairston
Nvwt Board Mambar and Samuel O. Hairston of
grove St. and then out E. Main
St.
Included in the lineup will be
Miss Clinton of 1965. Miss Bever
ly Muller.
All floats carrying a Christmas
theme are eligible for prize com
petition. The seven prizes rahjg-
ing from $40 to 10. Anyone wish
ing to place a unit in the parade
should contact Charles Buice,
parade chairman at telephone
number 833-2628.
’ A group of the members of the
Clinton Council of Camp Fires
will assemble in mid-downtown
and present a program of
Christmas songs before the pa
rade begins.
The parade will begin at Whit
ten Village for a tour of the cam
pus at 3 p.m. Units coming to
Clinton should head in on S.
Adair St. and fall in place on E.
Calhoun and E. Maple streets.
Units should be it* place by 4:15. |
Sponsor of the parade is the
Merchants Division of the Clin
ton Chamber of Commerce.
D. B. Smith is chairman of the
Merchants Division.
Clinton To Close
For Thanksgiving
Clinton, along with the rest
of the country, will observe
Thanksgiving (Thursday) as a
holiday.
Business houses generally will
be closed for the day, including
retail storqp, shops, offices,
banks and the post office. No
mad <Mt««riee will be made, it
was statoefby W. D. Adair, post
master.
A union Thanksgiving service
will be held at 10:00 a. m. at
Belk Auditorium on the Pres
byterian College campus: The
Rev. E. W. Rogers, pastor of
Broad Street Methodist Church,
will deliver the sermon.
The annual Thanksgiving Day
football game between Presby
terian College and Newberry
College will take place on Setz-
ler Field in Newberry. Game
time is 2:00 p. m.
Cotton Mills of the area will
observe their usual work hours,
it was stated. Some of the oth
er industries will take the day
off, while some will maintain
their regular work schedules.
Most college students will xe-
turn home for the holiday pe
riod and remain for the week
end.
Many hunters of the area will
take to the fields and woods in
search of game, and fishermen
will try their luck at nearby
lakes and streams and the coast
al areas of the state.
Clinton-Lydia Mills
Employees fo Get
Hose, Indians to dash Thursday
This is the one! All the mar-
b b hies are at stake in the upcom-
\/1 < /flO in XavjnflC in * Presbyterian-Newberry foot-
1,1 baU game, as the Blue Stockings
_ More than 600 special checks shoot for their first winning sea-
Dr. L. Byron Harbin, pastor Clinton; and Virgil Hairston of h ? v ® **5?, 0l ? ? > * 0 ,lnce 1000 ^ 1116 traditional
of the First Baptist Church of Greenville; a sister, Mrs. P. W. ST 0 ™® J* rbyRght a l J 2:0 ° p - m ’
Joanna, was named a member Mauldin of Fort Myers, Fla.; at have been four.tie games,
of the board of tnutee. of North and four grandchildren. ** ^ “.!***? B T“aP €r ? y For the two
Gramme Junior College by Funeral service! will be con th ™ u * h0 “ t •** P** 4 '“f. *« <*> . “"’i .'‘X*
the South Carolina Baptist Coo- duc.ed Tuesday ot 1:00 p. m. cheeks total gll^0.K agsK with Presbyterian hoptag the m with the best record In the
-o no. -o r.iv.-v D_ nt « at Kv representing the amoont saved to keep the symbol of football state at 6-4, after they were
wnuonol Its recent sesoloo In " Cal™n' “”«h by bJr empk>yM1 ^ priority between the old-thhe picked so the bottom college
ureennue. nev. m. ganders, mag Qub during the year by rivals for the third straight year, football squad before the season
Dr. Harbin was professor of Spillers
means of payroll deductions. PC took last year's game 35-6, started. They lost the first two
ftS^viSTjui^r^lleBe ^.“corVlrT c^rd^’ Accoriiin t to President Robert after a 14-7 upset victory by the games of the campaign, then
Greenvill Junior College before rens County Memory Gardens. M Vance, the checks will be da* Haas in 1963.. won five of the next seven.
moving to Joanna- He has held Pallbearers will be Roy San- Uvered to employee members The Hosemen have a 5-4 rec- This past week-end saw PC
pastorates at Brinson and Spar- dert, J. B. Reeder, O. C. Har- 0Q Friday, along with regular ord and the Indians are 2-7, but lose a close defensive thriller
ta in his native Georgia, and ris, Ezzie Miller, Paul Mose- checks for the week. this annual meeting shows no by an 8-7 count to the strong
Tylertown, Miss. He also ly and A. C. Caldwell. The savings plan is for the coo* favoritism to the favorites. PC Is Western Carolina Catamounts,
fnngbt Old English at New Or- The body is at Gray Funeral venience of employees and it way out front in the 52-year-old as the Cullowhee, N. C., squad
leans Baptist Theological Semi- Home and will be placed in the entirely voluntary, Mr. Vance rivafry, with El wine against 17 hit on an 85-yard bomb to open
V church Tuesday at 2:00 p. m. said. for the Newberry crowd. There the fourth quarter and added a
2-point conversion for the decis
ion. It was a hard loss for the
Hose, who held the upper hand
the majority of the battle in their
best defensive effort of the year.
Quarterback Bill Kirtland put
PC ahead in the third period on
a 5-yard run, and Richard
Reed’s PAT kick made it 7-0
until the big pass play J>y WCC.
Kirtland is almost a certainty
to capture season offensive hon
ors for the Hosemen, since the
poised rookie already has 707
yards passing going into the last
game. He has compiled 58 of 117
passes, including nine touch
downs. End James Smith has
taken over the pass - catching
lend, with 16 receptions tor 166
yards. The top ground gainer is
Fullback Sam Williams, who has
rushed 473 yards on 112 carries,
a 4.2 average.